A series of blogs about words that make me go hmmm would not be complete (and it is far from complete!) without a post focusing on ‘the v word’. While it’s by no means a new term in the world of social work and social care, during the COVID-19 pandemic the word ‘vulnerable’ has been … Continue reading Words that make me go hmmm: Vulnerable
Tag: COVID-19
Better together
“Just look at what we can do when we come together, THIS is England in 2020”.Marcus Rashford [1] How far we’ve come since March 2020. And how our story has changed. Back then, cohesion and solidarity dominated our narrative and shaped our behaviour. On 22 March – Mother's Day – Boris Johnson wrote that “this … Continue reading Better together
Words that make me go hmmm: Those
Those who are most vulnerableThose most at risk Those with underlying health conditionsThose over 70 Those in care homes Those who test positive Those hospitalised Those who have sadly died Those. I’ve written already about the ‘them and us’ narrative of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the dangerous consequences of the ‘vulnerable’ label, but there’s one … Continue reading Words that make me go hmmm: Those
Them, us and COVID-19
Coronavirus. COVID-19. Virus. Pandemic. Lockdown. Isolation. Distancing. Shielding. PPE. Keyworker. Zoom. Unprecedented. Our vocabulary has evolved over the last few months. Words have taken on a different meaning. Terms we’d rarely used before now dominate the headlines, crowd our screens, and pepper our conversations. We’re experiencing a rapidly evolving, global event which has changed all … Continue reading Them, us and COVID-19
Rewriting social care 